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16 Jan 2009, 12:02 am

its ruining our society bc it proves that its ok to be famous for looking pretty and scowling at everyone..its just why the drama for the love of pete? try watching the history channel or family guy or natgeo..stuff with interesting stuff and intelligent humor im sorry if this offeds, but i just dont like the idea of people being famous for nothing it shows laziness at its worst

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16 Jan 2009, 12:32 am

but it has the advantage of having no scriptwriters, so every time they go on strike, that's why they're all over the place. It's strictly about money.

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16 Jan 2009, 12:34 am

I agree... REALITY TV MUST BE DESTROYED.

pakled wrote:

but it has the advantage of having no scriptwriters, so every time they go on strike, that's why they're all over the place. It's strictly about money.

That's why the BBC system is better.

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16 Jan 2009, 12:45 am

Cyberman wrote:

I agree... REALITY TV MUST BE DESTROYED.

pakled wrote:

but it has the advantage of having no scriptwriters, so every time they go on strike, that's why they're all over the place. It's strictly about money.

That's why the BBC system is better.

Greed is destroying American film and television. It's quite sad, really. :cry:

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16 Jan 2009, 12:50 am

Cyberman wrote:

I agree... REALITY TV MUST BE DESTROYED.

pakled wrote:

but it has the advantage of having no scriptwriters, so every time they go on strike, that's why they're all over the place. It's strictly about money.

That's why the BBC system is better.

thats all my grandma watches bc she is british

she was born in africa and raised in england but came her after wwII because the economy was bad, but she never bought into the reality hype either...thank god for that lol

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16 Jan 2009, 12:54 am

Cyberman wrote:

I agree... REALITY TV MUST BE DESTROYED.

pakled wrote:

but it has the advantage of having no scriptwriters, so every time they go on strike, that's why they're all over the place. It's strictly about money.

That's why the BBC system is better.

Hardly - there are few good programmes on it. If you want a real enemy to go after, it should be the pop-culture and sports programmes. Watching NT's being treated like zoo animals is so much fun at times...

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16 Jan 2009, 6:55 am

LadyKathleen wrote:

Cyberman wrote:

I agree... REALITY TV MUST BE DESTROYED.

pakled wrote:

but it has the advantage of having no scriptwriters, so every time they go on strike, that's why they're all over the place. It's strictly about money.

That's why the BBC system is better.

thats all my grandma watches bc she is british

she was born in africa and raised in england but came her after wwII because the economy was bad, but she never bought into the reality hype either...thank god for that lol

The BBC has reality tv on too. And I totally agree. I hope it dies out, everywhere I look there's another show starting.

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16 Jan 2009, 9:23 am

yep, a new reality show pops up quite a bit,

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16 Jan 2009, 11:51 am

I think they American broadcasters should work on more dramatic entertainment other than medical or crime/legal. We just have too much of them, especially reality tv.

As they say, the only thing that's "real" about reality tv is the place where it's shot.

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16 Jan 2009, 12:04 pm

I despise reality TV, except for BBC World News, travelogues, and science programmes like Nova.

Let's get rid of:

Let's bring back entertainment!

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16 Jan 2009, 12:19 pm

Bad television is only a reflection of boring people. If you don't like it, stop watching it and stop obsessing over it. Society isn't being dumbed down. It was never smart to begin with

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16 Jan 2009, 12:26 pm

raggle-taggle-gypsy wrote:

Bad television is only a reflection of boring people. If you don't like it, stop watching it and stop obsessing over it. Society isn't being dumbed down. It was never smart to begin with

Problem is that TV will still suck people other people will still watch it. It won't change the actual content of tv programs.

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16 Jan 2009, 12:32 pm

LadyKathleen wrote:

Worse than that, reality tv makes it seem okay to be rewarded for bad behaviour. :roll:

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16 Jan 2009, 12:39 pm

I expect the USA's switch to digital broadcast format will catch most of the more ignorant and passive people unaware - the same people that I assume enjoy reality TV. Then, while they're scrambling to catch up, they'll not be watching Ryan Secrest & Co. That'll leave the rest of us to tune in to commercial-free PBS, and maybe - just maybe - the Powers-That-Be will notice.

"Maybe" being the operative word :roll:

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16 Jan 2009, 12:47 pm

Fnord wrote:

What kind of TV do you like, Fnord?

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16 Jan 2009, 1:09 pm

Lets give reality tv a slow death, Slowmutant :twisted: The worst example is celebrity big brother over here. It has Coolio in it, and he's abusing women, but you just know the producers are keeping him in for viewing figures. Mind you, the women are vile themselves. Any "celebrity" who takes part in these shows to try and revive their career, needs a reality check. Once they've done it, any credibility they had has gone. Wish they'd just f**k off :evil:

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